cdh Tag

Hi! My name is Lisa Baxter. I live in Burke, VA with my husband Jeff, and our CDH survivor Lindsey. We were diagnosed at 20 weeks with one heart defect, then another at 24 weeks, and finally CDH at 27 weeks. At the time, we...

Featured Cherub of the week is cherub Jayden Gilbert. Jayden is the son of Alicia Gilbert, our Oregon Hospital Angel for CHERUBS. Jayden lived for 23 days here on earth and is forever in our hearts. Both Alicia and her mom, Shelly Moore, have done...

From our President, Dawn Torrence Ireland:
"This week I am at the International Symposium on Pediatric Research in Taormina, Italy. There is so much fascinating CDH research being presented here that it really encourages me to be hopeful of what will come out of the labs...

Many infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) show brain abnormality on postnatal brain MRI related to severity of CDH, degree of lung hypoplasia, intrathoracic liver, right diaphragmatic hernia and large diaphragmatic defect. It is not known whether these factors affect brain growth in utero in...

Morgagni hernias are rare congenital diaphragmatic hernias that often do not become clinically significant until adulthood. The purpose of this study was to characterize the pre-operative findings and describe surgical outcomes of Morgagni hernia repair based on operative approach.
Retrospective chart review from 1987 to 2015...

Given that the application of thoracoscopic surgery to late-presenting congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in infants and children is controversial, we summarized our experiences with patients at two medical centers and aimed to discuss the safety and feasibility of thoracoscopic repair.
Read more HERE. ...

Dr. Keijzer received his MD (with honours), PhD (Medicine) and MSc (Molecular Medicine) from ErasmusMC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Before starting his specialist training, he did a one-year research fellowship (as part of his PhD) at the Lung Biology Program of the Hospital for Sick...

Nicki Young is the mother of Anderson, born on September 21, 2012. At her 38 week checkup, 8 days prior to Anderson’s birth, they learned that he had left sided CDH. This was not detected on his 18-week ultrasound. Anderson spent 28 days in the...